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Heatwave Puts Punjab Families Under Pressure, But State’s Cashless Health Scheme Offers Timely Relief

Heatwave Puts Punjab Families Under Pressure, But State’s Cashless Health Scheme Offers Timely Relief

Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): As Punjab battles an intense summer marked by soaring temperatures and a growing number of dehydration and gastroenteritis cases, the Bhagwant Singh Mann-led government’s healthcare model is increasingly becoming a support system for thousands of struggling families across the state. The impact of the heatwave is now visible not only in farmlands and city streets but also in hospital emergency wards, where patients suffering from vomiting, stomach infections, weakness and dehydration are arriving in large numbers. In this difficult period, the state government’s Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojana has emerged as a crucial shield for economically vulnerable households…
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